"Former Solicitor General of Texas James C. Ho Rejoins Gibson Dunn's Dallas Office": The law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP issued this news release today.Posted at 08:50 PM by Howard Bashman"Shell Rejected by High Court on $54 Million Award in Oklahoma Lease Case": Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.Posted at 08:40 PM by Howard Bashman"Court Chooses Guardians for Orphaned Arguments": Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his "Sidebar" column in Tuesday's edition of The New York Times.Posted at 08:27 PM by Howard Bashman"U.S. Supreme Court Divides in Costco Gray Market Case": Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

"Inmate wins long-shot appeal to U.S. Supreme Court": Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.Posted at 05:12 PM by Howard Bashman"Judge in Va. strikes down federal health care law": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "A federal judge declared the Obama administration's health care law unconstitutional Monday, siding with Virginia's attorney general in a dispute that both sides agree will ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court."

C-SPAN conducts Justice Elena Kagan's first TV interview since joining the U.S. Supreme Court: C-SPAN plans to air the 48-minute interview in its entirety on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. eastern time and on Monday, December 20, 2010 at 12:30 a.m. eastern time.

Access online today's Order List and opinion in an argued case of the U.S. Supreme Court: You can access today's Order List at this link. The Court today did not grant review in any new cases, but the Court did call for the views of the Solicitor General's Office on two cases.

Today's "opinion" in an argued case consisted of a per curiam decision affirming by an equally divided Court in Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Omega, S.A., No. 08-1423. You can access the oral argument via this link. It is interesting to note that it took the Court a bit longer than usual to decide it was equally divided in this case, which was argued on November 8, 2010. Often an order affirming by an equally divided Court will issue on the first opportunity for delivering an opinion after the initial post-argument conferencing of the case.